Most of the cameos appeared early in the film, and often there was a bit of mild humor in the appearance weight-reduction ads, getting up from a wheelchair, having an unbeatable bridge hand, drinking champagne to lessen the supply, etc. Note: Only once did he appear in an installment of his Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show - besides his personal introductions.
The one appearance was in the episode of the third season titled A Dip in the Pool , in which he showed up on the front cover of a magazine being read by Mr. Renshaw Philip Bourneuf. In the center of a crowd, wearing a black bowler hat, facing to the left. He is the only one not applauding the political speech-maker Sir George John Boxer delivering a speech about pollution and cleaning up the Thames River.
A moment later, he is among bystanders watching as "another necktie murder" corpse naked floats ashore. He listens as a gray-white-bearded crowd member Joby Blanshard talks about the grisly tactics of Jack the Ripper "He used to carve 'em up. He sent a bird's kidney to Scotland Yard once, wrapped in a bit of violet writing paper All rights reserved. Filmsite: written by Tim Dirks. Search for:. Facebook Twitter Email. Three recurring themes: Hitchcock often carried a musical instrument Spellbound , The Paradine Case , Strangers on a Train , and Vertigo Hitchcock often used public transportation buses, trains, etc.
The 39 Steps , The Lady Vanishes , UK , Shadow of a Doubt , The Paradine Case , Strangers on a Train , To Catch a Thief , North by Northwest , and Topaz Hitchcock's clever and most ingenious cameo appearances were with limited sets Lifeboat , Rope , and Dial M for Murder Most of the cameos appeared early in the film, and often there was a bit of mild humor in the appearance weight-reduction ads, getting up from a wheelchair, having an unbeatable bridge hand, drinking champagne to lessen the supply, etc.
Film Title Screen. Description of Hitchcock Cameo. Screenshot s Minutes Into Film. American-Film Appearances below - 30 confirmed instances. Family Plot News of the gag evidently leaked out and the producers received sufficient complaints for them to drop the idea. It didn't stop Hitchcock from eventually indulging in a little dark humour, however, as in Topaz he anticipated Little Britain's Lou and Andy by rising from the wheelchair in which he'd been pushed into an airport concourse to shake hands with an acquaintance and walk off into the crowd.
Even though they were often self-deprecating, Hitchcock's cameos were as much a symbol of authorship as Grinling Gibbons's pea pods. He revelled in being Hollywood's most recognisable director and couldn't resist guesting in trailers for his films or introducing his television series. Indeed, his profile became so famous that it did alone the cameoing in Rope and his last film, Family Plot But one suspects there was less overt vanity in Hitchcock's blink and miss 'em moments than in more grandstanding cameos like Francis Ford Coppola's TV director in Apocalypse Now or Oliver Stone's trader in the split-screen sequence in Wall Street John Carpenter and Peter Jackson have tended to follow Hitchcock's lead in combining ubiquity with anonymity.
But most habitual cameoers are less self-effacing, with M Night Shyamalan conceding "It's important for me to be a part of the film in some way rather than to be an outsider from the independent world of film-making.
I would love to play the lead role, but it's physically impossible. So does the cameo represent an auteur's imprint or an egotist's insecurity? Which are your favourite and most detested directorial cameos - and are there any you've spotted any most people have missed? Is he wearing a fake beard? That got the ball rolling and justified more appearances.
This one is also rumored, but many people suggest the director is a passerby near the leading lady Isabel Jeans in this silent film. That sounds about right for one of his cameos. This one is much clearer. Hitchcock appears on a subway train being annoyed by a boy.
This is an occasion where he actually actively pulls focus for a bit. The speculation is that Hitchcock is a man on the bus who is briefly centered in the frame. It certainly looks like the director, but it was never confirmed.
This one must be really a "blink and you miss it moment," because we could only find one small photo of the potential cameo online, so here's a photo of stars Leon Lion and Anna Grey. The original version is rarely seen, if ever. Hitchcock might be walking in front of a bus in a trench coat, but nobody is certain. While the two leads are trying to escape a hectic scene, Hitchcock drops in to throw a little litter on the ground. What is he littering? As such, this is another speculative appearance.
During a power outage, a bunch of people gather in front of a theater, and Hitchcock might be in that scene as well. Now this one is a bit of a stretch, but Hitchcock aficionados sometimes count it. Hitchcock might be seen wearing a bowling hat and sporting a mustache but, again, this one is a big maybe.
The director holding a camera? This is the second-to-last movie Hitchcock made before leaving England to make films in the United States. Hitchcock came to America and immediately made a splash.
As Jack Favell talks to a police officer, Hitchcock makes a quick pass in the background. Star Joel McRea is walking one way down the street, and here comes Hitchcock walking the other way. Now in America, Hitch has set aside the bowler hat he often wore in his British films for a more robust hat. Unrelated to the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie flick, Hitchcock walks in front of a hotel for his cmeo here.
What is he mailing? Is Hitchcock walking a horse across the frame early in the movie? Perhaps, but would he do two cameos in one film? Neither really shows his face, to be fair. This is one of the iconic Hitchcock cameos mostly because of the logistics of it.
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